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theatre
vr.tr.theatre · thing-q11635
Let an agent handle theatre by form, production, venue, access and rights.
Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Form Which theatre.
Genre
Drama, musical.
Genre
Theatre form.
- What form of theatre is it? definition
- From which tradition? provenance
Work
Play or piece.
Work
Work.
- Which play or piece is performed? provenance
- Who wrote it? provenance
Production Staging.
Credits
Company and cast.
Credits
Production credits.
- Which company, director and cast? provenance
- When and where does it run? provenance
Rights
Licensing.
Rights
Performance rights.
- Has performance licensing been secured? provenance
- From which rights holder? provenance
Audience Attending.
Tickets
Booking.
Tickets
Tickets.
- How can tickets be booked, and at what price? action
- Is there an age guidance? boundary
Access
Accessibility.
Access
Accessible performances.
- Are captioned, audio-described or relaxed performances available? definition
- Is the venue accessible? boundary
Safety Stage and venue.
Stage
Technical safety.
Stage
Stage safety.
- Are rigging, pyrotechnics and stage machinery managed safely? boundary
- Who is responsible? provenance
Venue
Licensing.
Venue
Venue safety.
- Is the venue licensed and its capacity respected? boundary
- What are the evacuation arrangements? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- county theater, traveling theater, The Improv, actual play podcast, dramatic theatre, theatre pedagogy, rōdokugeki, charivari, Dutch cabaret, musical theater, masque, youth theatre
What it is Filled
A collaborative performing art in which live performers present a real or imagined event before a live audience, using speech, gesture, music, dance and staging.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle theatre by form, production, venue, access and rights.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Live performance before an audience
- Many forms and traditions
- Scripts are licensed
- Venues must be accessible and safe
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Record or distribute a live performance without the rights holders' permission.
- Operate stage machinery, rigging or pyrotechnics without authorization.
- Block exits or overfill a venue beyond its licensed capacity.
- Misrepresent a production's content warnings to audiences.
Only with a human decision
- Stopping a performance for safety reasons.
May
- Report productions, schedules and venue access from official sources.
- Help performers and crews with scripts or schedules they share.
Moral aspects Filled
- Theatre gives voice to communities and can challenge power; censorship harms it.
- Stage work carries real physical risks for performers and crews.
Who is affected
- Performers and crews
- Audiences
- Playwrights and rights holders
Owners Filled
Steward
The producing company or venue operator; rights holders own the works performed.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q184485 - registry parent class
related
- performing arts - category
- actor - performers
- theatre building - venue
- play - script
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.theatre
- Wikidata: Q11635 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11635)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Productions with titles, casts and venues
- Forms such as drama, musical, improvisation
- The theatre building is a related sense
- Stages, sets, lighting, costumes and audiences.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- attend performances
- produce and stage plays
- study and teach theatre
- license performance rights
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Unlicensed performances
- Stage accidents
- Inaccessible venues
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Copyright and performance licensing
- Venue safety and licensing
- Accessibility law
Context of use required Filled
- Art, storytelling, entertainment, education and community.
- dramatic theatre
- musical theatre
- improvisation
- puppetry and physical theatre
- touring and community theatre
- theatre pedagogy
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q11635: theatre - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Theatre - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should theatre forms be separate entries?
- How should productions be linked as instances?
- How should the building sense be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q11635/spec.json